Palestinians sense West Bank annexation after Israel approves new rules

Palestinians alarmed as Israeli land rules ease illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli government moves to change rules around land registration in the West Bank, making it easier for Israeli Jews to buy property in the illegally occupied territory, are raising alarm among Palestinians, fearful that the new rules will establish defacto Israeli annexation.

The Israeli cabinet announced the decisions on Sunday. In addition to allowing Jews to buy property in the West Bank – a Palestinian territory that Israel has occupied since 1967 in defiance of international law – the Israeli government has also ordered that land registries in the West Bank be opened up to the public.

Palestinians sense West Bank annexation after Israel approves new rules

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